{"id":"CVE-2026-75838","title":"DOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees","summary":"DOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees. Attackers can supply HTML with event handlers on descendant elements that ex…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-08-18","updated":"2026-09-24","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-24T20:02:50.260","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75838","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-55q2-fjhq-7xh7","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dompurify-before-cross-site-scripting-via-in-place-hook","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/cure53/DOMPurify/security/advisories/GHSA-55q2-fjhq-7xh7","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.003,"epssPercentile":0.20182,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-24T20:51:40.208Z","slug":"CVE-2026-75838","body":"## Overview\n\nDOMPurify before 3.4.13 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in IN_PLACE sanitization where element-removal hooks fail to neutralize detached subtrees. Attackers can supply HTML with event handlers on descendant elements that execute after sanitization completes, even though the returned root appears clean.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}